An interview question document helps the recruitment and selection of the best candidate by giving the interviews a way of picking out of the remaining candidates. This document is similar to a short listing form document because they are both ways of getting the best candidate out of a group. However, this document is different to an interview checklist because one document is a series of questions asked by an interviewer to a interviewee and the other is a checklist done by an interviewer to see if the interviewee has the right documentation.

During the recruitment stage the job advert used to is to attract suitable candidates for a position which is different to the job description and the personal specification are used to shortlist candidates that click on to the job advert. Likewise, during the application and selection process the job description and personal specification are used to shortlist candidates which saves the company money and time and the job advert is just used to provide information about how they can apply whether it’s through a phone call, online application or even email.
Furthermore, during the recruitment stage an application form is used to allow potential employees to apply where they list their skills, experiences, knowledge and most of all their personal details. Likewise, a CV during the recruitment stage is used the same way a job application is used but the person applying sets I out how they want it to be whereas the job application is you read what they want you to put in a section and you put that information there. However, unlike the job application and CV a cover letter can’t be sent alone it accompanies a CV therefore doesn’t need no personal details and also it is a more in-depth form of writing which describes the candidate. During the application and selection process all three are used for shortlisting